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Play Therapy with Adolescents: Why Teen Symptoms Are Easy to Misread
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What do you do when a 16-year-old walks into your office, shrugs, and says, “I don’t care”?
Low motivation. Failing grades. Emotional shutdown. Estrangement from a parent after divorce. On the surface, it can look like depression, defiance, or typical teen apathy.
But what if those symptoms are telling a much more layered story?
In this free livestream episode, I’m walking you through a real-world adolescent case study to demonstrate why case conceptualization is the backbone of effective play therapy with teens.
Without a clear framework, it’s easy to chase symptoms, try…
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